Teen parents arrested on suspicion of child abuse

PERRIS, Calif. 
Two Riverside County teenagers have been arrested on suspicion of child abuse for allegedly delaying medical treatment for their infant daughter who was scalded during a bath.

A sheriff's department news release Friday said 18-year-old Jiovanni McMillan put the two-month-old in a bathroom sink to bathe her, turned on the water and looked away for a moment. The water was scalding hot and the baby began to scream.

Authorities say McMillan and the 17-year-old mother took the child to a hospital more than 12 hours later when the child's skin began to peel off from the burns.

The child is expected to survive, but will likely require skin grafts.

McMillan is being held on $15,000 bail. The mother was released to her parents pending charges.